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Hester Lane (died 1849), was an American abolitionist, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and political activist. Born into slavery in Maryland, she settled down in New York as a free woman. Lane was known in New York for her approach to adding color pigment to walls using whitewash, freeing slaves in Maryland through purchasing them, and the controversy surrounding her failed nomination to the American Anti-Slavery Society. She died in July 1849 during the cholera epidemic.

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  • Hester Lane (died 1849), was an American abolitionist, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and political activist. Born into slavery in Maryland, she settled down in New York as a free woman. Lane was known in New York for her approach to adding color pigment to walls using whitewash, freeing slaves in Maryland through purchasing them, and the controversy surrounding her failed nomination to the American Anti-Slavery Society. She died in July 1849 during the cholera epidemic. (en)
  • Hester Lane, död 1849, var en amerikansk abolitionist, filantrop och entreprenör. Hon föddes i slaveri i Maryland. Hon bosatte sig i New York efter sin frigivning, där hon under 1820-talet etablerade en framgångsrik affärsverksamhet genom att tillverka och applicera kalkfärg som "dekoratör". Hon uppges 1833 vara en väletablerad och välbärgad entreprenör. (sv)
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  • Hester Lane (died 1849), was an American abolitionist, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and political activist. Born into slavery in Maryland, she settled down in New York as a free woman. Lane was known in New York for her approach to adding color pigment to walls using whitewash, freeing slaves in Maryland through purchasing them, and the controversy surrounding her failed nomination to the American Anti-Slavery Society. She died in July 1849 during the cholera epidemic. (en)
  • Hester Lane, död 1849, var en amerikansk abolitionist, filantrop och entreprenör. Hon föddes i slaveri i Maryland. Hon bosatte sig i New York efter sin frigivning, där hon under 1820-talet etablerade en framgångsrik affärsverksamhet genom att tillverka och applicera kalkfärg som "dekoratör". Hon uppges 1833 vara en väletablerad och välbärgad entreprenör. Lane deltog i välgörenhet för fattiga svarta i New York, och var engagerad i arbetet mot slaveriet. Hon köpte åtminstone elva slavar i Maryland, som hon sedan frigav i Nordstaterna: hon gjorde dock inte detta gratis utan väntade sig att dessa betalade henne tillbaka då de fick råd. Hon nominerades år 1840 till styrelsen för American Anti-Slavery Society, men förlorade mot tre vita kvinnor, vilket förorsakade en stor kontrovers inom abolitioniströrelsen och diskussioner om denna faktiskt trodde på jämlikhet mellan vita och svarta. (sv)
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